Rain and Relationships. Let’s do some foundation work, shall we? Rain The skies poured down for over 24 hours. Heavy rain in the night, steady rain in the morning, still steady into the afternoon. A pipe burst in the heavens, and it just kept coming. We have an old house, lots of history, lots of character.Continue reading “Welcome to The Basement of Relationships”
Category Archives: Family
Confessions of a Workaholic: The Wake-Up Call
When I was working for a fast-growing company a few years back, I was placed in a position of leading a large team. One of the main reasons was because we needed to build out new courses /products and I had the mind of a teacher. I also had a great understanding of the audienceContinue reading “Confessions of a Workaholic: The Wake-Up Call”
Set the Tone in Your Home
The teenagers are arguing back and forth with each other, then arguing back and forth with you. The grade school kids are alternating between fussy / whiny and over-the-top annoying. The toddlers are being demanding and semi-destructive. A lot of parents think, at this point, it’s the kids being crazy. And maybe they are beingContinue reading “Set the Tone in Your Home”
Happy Thanksgiving
Two words. Happy. Let that sit with you. Sit with happiness. Sit in happiness. Then that other word. It’s actually a compound word: Thanks Giving You give thanks. If you’re giving it, it implies you’re giving it to someone. Or Someone. Today, I’m… Giving Thanks for… Happy. What a great day it has been! TheContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving”
When You Fail As A Parent
We all fail as parents at some point. Maybe it’s once a year, maybe it’s once a month, maybe it’s once a week, maybe it’s once a day, maybe it’s a few times a day. I’m writing this post to help empower and enable you. I don’t want you to fail more at parenting; IContinue reading “When You Fail As A Parent”
Dumb Boy Stuff
Parents of teenage boys – what’s the biggest problem these days? The Dumb Boy Stuff List What’s the biggest challenge these days? I’m curious because one of my sons is entering this phase. I know what the challenges were when I was that age. Seems like from 5th grade to freshman year, boys just “do dumbContinue reading “Dumb Boy Stuff”
From 24 to 1000
The problem isn’t lack of knowledge; it’s lack of wisdom. We have no problem finding knowledge. We live in the AI Age & Information Age. We can Google anything or use ChatGPT for anything. We can search Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, YouTube, and social media too. In a matter of seconds, we can know anythingContinue reading “From 24 to 1000”
Omer Redden 